No, it will keep being funny until the Canadian $ is back where it used to be, one of the strongest currencies in the world (at one point, IIRC, it was higher than either the British Pound or US $, can't remember which right now).
It'll stay in the dumps as long as the soft-hearted (and like-minded) keep voting our thug prime-minister in.
Why are either of the two sites up? Neither do well for either reputation.
Perhaps I'm wrong. Perhaps they're both just babies, being that they seem to hold grudges for years on end.
The stupidity of these two has caused them to be expatriated from a good project with a like idea (censorware.net).
BOTH of them need to give it up, as neither is enjoying any benefits from this cat fight. If I were an employer (well, I will be in a month or two) I'd tell them both to fuck off if they hold grudges for this long.
Michael, Seth, I implore you BOTH to shut down your pages.
As far as censorware.org goes, who gives a fuck? Censorware.net seems to be doing just fine without it -- better than ever, it seems. In fact, the censorware project seems to work best without these two nuts. Besides, this isn't an extortion case, I don't see any monetary offers going on. It's a personal grudge match, and belongs at the WWWF, at best.
In that case, no cybersquatting took place, either.
"Cybersquatting" accusations are bandied about much too freely in this day and age, like "rape."
See, we can both play the "personal websites are bullshit" game. Either that or you have to admit both sites are true. Or admit you are Seth, and therefore know the true story (from your side). Which is it?:-)
Unless, of course, you know of a more reliable source for this information, such as a major news outlet.
Well, you're certainly free to disagree with it, but if you're going to base your opinions on webpages alone, it seems that you should support both pages equally, as they both have a lot of "evidence" available on them.;-)
>So hard disk capacity has comfortably outpaced processor speed but processors have outpaced disk throughput and even more so disk latency.
So, overall, they've kept pace, IMHO. That's considering the Pentium IV was a step *back* in processor technology, landing it firmly in the Pentium II camp in Mhz to Mhz comparisons to the Pentium III.;-)
>Yeah, doesn't it suck when your dogma doesn't actually represent real life?:)
Good point.
From now on I'll support Microsoft when it comes to this trial. However, the entire truth must be heard, and that is that Bill Gates lies to judges (which is bad in anybody's books) and that Microsoft believes Internet Explorer is their Operating System.
However, as far as the trial goes, no more bitching from me.
>Slashdot posted the link. Look at the headline for the posted link.
Oh, I know that. But you have to credit the editors for at least reading the article this time (which is where the headline originated). They might be wrong, but to a certain degree you need to trust newspapers (then again, this is the Mirror).
As far as Seth and Michael go, cybersquatting is hypocritical and wrong of Michael. But being stalked is far more personal and scary. I'd rather someone cybersquat on my domain than stalk me anyday.
>Very often, important parts are near the side of the screen.
Exactly. Then I have the opportunity to re-tell them something they will (this time) understand: That's because you're only seeing half the movie in fullscreen. Switch to the format the director intended you to use if you want to watch the movie properly.
>One of the basic consequences of Shannon's Law, a fundamental tenet of information theory, that in order to increase your bandwidth and transmission rate, with a given noise level (which we can't reduce beyond a certain point, due to inherent cosmic background noise, not to mention many other manmade factors), you have to increase your transmission power to compensate.
Yes, but we're not even close to shannon's law yet.
Remember modems? Those never increased power to get more bandwidth. You could say 802.11 b is the 2400 baud of modems. 802.11 g the 4800 baud strange modem that never seemed to really exist, and this will be the 9600 baud of modems.;-)
>Anyone who's gone through the challenge-response system once is whitelisted. For everyone on Earthlink.
Oh, now that's really stupid of them!
I like being able to have a separate whitelist and blacklist from others. There are some legitimate email addresses that have assholes operating them that I like to blacklist, but others wouldn't.
In the case of ask, each user has their own whitelist, so they don't have to worry about lameness like you mentioned.
Enter that in the subject line, email yourself, and it will show you a list of undelivered mail.
Click the link for your bank (with the "add this user to whitelist" option) and the email will be delivered to you, and the bank added to your whitelist, without them having to respond.
It takes just seconds, and it even works in pine. W00T.
Of course, you only do this when you are _expecting_ a non-whitelisted email, so the spam still isn't a problem.
As a sidenote, one spammer did make it through, once (ever). It was a company I did business with once (but never have again, due to them spamming me). One *PLONK* later, and I was spam free again. No big deal, really.
If VHS is able to record a full NTSC signal, why does S-VHS exist? Or BetaCam?
Analog TV signals do (sorta) have infinite horizontal resolution, though, so if you _really_ want to squeeze the most out of your VHS tapes, record at the highest width your card can capture, and at 240 lines, then design a special player to take advantage of this.
MPEG-1 on video CD seems to be a good bet. It's 11 years later, and I don't know any computers that won't play it, and various standalone players have existed for years, not to mention the proliferation of VCD supporting DVD players.
That'd be my choice. Oh, and the ATI AIW cards will record MPEG-1 on the fly.
>For example someone living in Abeline, Texas and making 27,500 would need to make 40,000 to live in Ann Arbor, Michigan.
However, someone living in Dallas, Texas making $27,500 would only need to make $30,671 in Detroit, Michigan.
Seems equal enough when you compare major cities with similar populations. Every state has its expensive and cheap places.
The states are more similar than one would think. For example, the Oklahoma City bomber was from Michigan, and the Waco massacre was in Texas. Both states seem to have a vested interest in firepower, but one state doesn't legalize shooting burglars.
Both states permit concealed weapons.
The only difference I can think of is that the population density in Michigan is more than twice that of Texas. Normally a higher population density causes more crime, so this fact would seem to strengthen my argument considering Michigan seems to be a safer place to live than Texas.
Any more comparisons you'd like me to make? Anything you can think of that makes the states particularly different (that has a clear effect on crime)?
>Couldnt possibly be Other Reasons for the burglary rate to be different, could it?
Well, they're both part of America and share the same latitude, so IMHO, no.
Seems to me they're more than similar enough. Normally, if you are going to make a claim (that being able to shoot burglars prevents them) and there's evidence to the contrary (what I presented), you present a stronger claim to support your claim.
You didn't.
>You're as bad as the RIAA ( mods remember, automatic +5 insightful;) ), who says "Look our sales are down, its because of piracy! Arrr!"
And have they proven this by comparing statistics from a "high-piracy" and a "low-piracy" state?
Slashdot Mirror
No, it will keep being funny until the Canadian $ is back where it used to be, one of the strongest currencies in the world (at one point, IIRC, it was higher than either the British Pound or US $, can't remember which right now).
It'll stay in the dumps as long as the soft-hearted (and like-minded) keep voting our thug prime-minister in.
Okay, let's ask this question:
Why are either of the two sites up? Neither do well for either reputation.
Perhaps I'm wrong. Perhaps they're both just babies, being that they seem to hold grudges for years on end.
The stupidity of these two has caused them to be expatriated from a good project with a like idea (censorware.net).
BOTH of them need to give it up, as neither is enjoying any benefits from this cat fight. If I were an employer (well, I will be in a month or two) I'd tell them both to fuck off if they hold grudges for this long.
Michael, Seth, I implore you BOTH to shut down your pages.
As far as censorware.org goes, who gives a fuck? Censorware.net seems to be doing just fine without it -- better than ever, it seems. In fact, the censorware project seems to work best without these two nuts. Besides, this isn't an extortion case, I don't see any monetary offers going on. It's a personal grudge match, and belongs at the WWWF, at best.
>Good thing no stalking took place.
:-)
In that case, no cybersquatting took place, either.
"Cybersquatting" accusations are bandied about much too freely in this day and age, like "rape."
See, we can both play the "personal websites are bullshit" game. Either that or you have to admit both sites are true. Or admit you are Seth, and therefore know the true story (from your side). Which is it?
Unless, of course, you know of a more reliable source for this information, such as a major news outlet.
>Nobody should ever hijack a well-intentioned website and hold it for no reason other than spite.
At the same time, "cyber" crimes are FAR less hurtful than IRL crimes, like stalking.
That is, unless you happen to be hooked up electrically to your computer or something...
Query: Why is it that cool software for outlook never exists for outlook express?
Do the authors get a special deal from M$ for not making their software work with express?
Well, you're certainly free to disagree with it, but if you're going to base your opinions on webpages alone, it seems that you should support both pages equally, as they both have a lot of "evidence" available on them. ;-)
>So hard disk capacity has comfortably outpaced processor speed but processors have outpaced disk throughput and even more so disk latency.
;-)
So, overall, they've kept pace, IMHO. That's considering the Pentium IV was a step *back* in processor technology, landing it firmly in the Pentium II camp in Mhz to Mhz comparisons to the Pentium III.
Just to note, that 6 times speed increase only includes access times.
To really show the difference, click on the links and see the data transfer rates.
5 mbits/s for the ST251
58 to 100 mbits/s for the ST340014A
When you see that, HDDs really have kept up with microprocessors in just about every way.
WHAT?
40 MB ST251 MFM drive (c) 1990: 3600 RPM @ 40 mS seek time.
40 GB ST340014A ATA Drive (c) 2002: 7200 RPM @ 8.5 mS seek time.
It seems like a 6 times increase (give or take) in speed to me in just over 10 years.
>Yeah, doesn't it suck when your dogma doesn't actually represent real life? :)
Good point.
From now on I'll support Microsoft when it comes to this trial. However, the entire truth must be heard, and that is that Bill Gates lies to judges (which is bad in anybody's books) and that Microsoft believes Internet Explorer is their Operating System.
However, as far as the trial goes, no more bitching from me.
>Slashdot posted the link. Look at the headline for the posted link.
Oh, I know that. But you have to credit the editors for at least reading the article this time (which is where the headline originated). They might be wrong, but to a certain degree you need to trust newspapers (then again, this is the Mirror).
As far as Seth and Michael go, cybersquatting is hypocritical and wrong of Michael. But being stalked is far more personal and scary. I'd rather someone cybersquat on my domain than stalk me anyday.
>AICN had the first review of Matrix Reloaded online quite a while ago. I don't know who Slashdot is trying to fool.
It's not slashdot. That's the headline on this story. Tell the mirror they're lying, not slashdot.
>michael, cybersquatter
michael, stalked by seth.
>Very often, important parts are near the side of the screen.
Exactly. Then I have the opportunity to re-tell them something they will (this time) understand: That's because you're only seeing half the movie in fullscreen. Switch to the format the director intended you to use if you want to watch the movie properly.
>One of the basic consequences of Shannon's Law, a fundamental tenet of information theory, that in order to increase your bandwidth and transmission rate, with a given noise level (which we can't reduce beyond a certain point, due to inherent cosmic background noise, not to mention many other manmade factors), you have to increase your transmission power to compensate.
;-)
Yes, but we're not even close to shannon's law yet.
Remember modems? Those never increased power to get more bandwidth. You could say 802.11 b is the 2400 baud of modems. 802.11 g the 4800 baud strange modem that never seemed to really exist, and this will be the 9600 baud of modems.
We still have a _long_ way to go...
Your DVD player has a zoom feature (most do, anyways). USE IT! That way we both win.
What's ironic is that you say he isn't being ironic when your linked definition for irony says has been ironic.
4 times in 1 sentece. A new record!
Sooooo...
You disagree with antitrust law then?
Just wondering, as a libertarian I'm always stuck between being against antitrust law, but also happy that I can now say MS is guilty as sin.
>Anyone who's gone through the challenge-response system once is whitelisted. For everyone on Earthlink.
Oh, now that's really stupid of them!
I like being able to have a separate whitelist and blacklist from others. There are some legitimate email addresses that have assholes operating them that I like to blacklist, but others wouldn't.
In the case of ask, each user has their own whitelist, so they don't have to worry about lameness like you mentioned.
How is the spammer going to know who is on your whitelist without hacking your computer?
Just wondering...
Enter that in the subject line, email yourself, and it will show you a list of undelivered mail.
Click the link for your bank (with the "add this user to whitelist" option) and the email will be delivered to you, and the bank added to your whitelist, without them having to respond.
It takes just seconds, and it even works in pine. W00T.
Of course, you only do this when you are _expecting_ a non-whitelisted email, so the spam still isn't a problem.
As a sidenote, one spammer did make it through, once (ever). It was a company I did business with once (but never have again, due to them spamming me). One *PLONK* later, and I was spam free again. No big deal, really.
Jumpy video?
:-)
You don't happen to have your frame rate set to 30 fps (if you're in an NTSC country), do you?
It needs to be set at 29.97 fps for colour.
If VHS is able to record a full NTSC signal, why does S-VHS exist? Or BetaCam?
:)
Analog TV signals do (sorta) have infinite horizontal resolution, though, so if you _really_ want to squeeze the most out of your VHS tapes, record at the highest width your card can capture, and at 240 lines, then design a special player to take advantage of this.
Or stick with the standards.
>But, what *will* last 20 years?
MPEG-1 on video CD seems to be a good bet. It's 11 years later, and I don't know any computers that won't play it, and various standalone players have existed for years, not to mention the proliferation of VCD supporting DVD players.
That'd be my choice. Oh, and the ATI AIW cards will record MPEG-1 on the fly.
>For example someone living in Abeline, Texas and making 27,500 would need to make 40,000 to live in Ann Arbor, Michigan.
However, someone living in Dallas, Texas making $27,500 would only need to make $30,671 in Detroit, Michigan.
Seems equal enough when you compare major cities with similar populations. Every state has its expensive and cheap places.
The states are more similar than one would think. For example, the Oklahoma City bomber was from Michigan, and the Waco massacre was in Texas. Both states seem to have a vested interest in firepower, but one state doesn't legalize shooting burglars.
Both states permit concealed weapons.
The only difference I can think of is that the population density in Michigan is more than twice that of Texas. Normally a higher population density causes more crime, so this fact would seem to strengthen my argument considering Michigan seems to be a safer place to live than Texas.
Any more comparisons you'd like me to make? Anything you can think of that makes the states particularly different (that has a clear effect on crime)?
>Couldnt possibly be Other Reasons for the burglary rate to be different, could it?
;) ), who says "Look our sales are down, its because of piracy! Arrr!"
Well, they're both part of America and share the same latitude, so IMHO, no.
Seems to me they're more than similar enough. Normally, if you are going to make a claim (that being able to shoot burglars prevents them) and there's evidence to the contrary (what I presented), you present a stronger claim to support your claim.
You didn't.
>You're as bad as the RIAA ( mods remember, automatic +5 insightful
And have they proven this by comparing statistics from a "high-piracy" and a "low-piracy" state?
Not likely.